Malaria

/məˈlɛriə/ noun

Definition

disease transmitted by mosquitoes causing fever and chills

Etymology

from Italian 'mal'aria' (bad air), once thought to be caused by swamp air

Kelly Says

Malaria was blamed on 'bad air' until we discovered mosquitoes were the real villains!

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ዋላድ
ARالعربية
الملاريا
BNবাংলা
ম্যালেরিয়া
CACatalà
malària
CSČeština
malárie
DADansk
malaria
DEDeutsch
Malaria
ELΕλληνικά
ελονοσία
ESEspañol
malaria
FAفارسی
مالاریا
FISuomi
malaria
FRFrançais
paludisme
GUGU
મલેરિયા
HAHA
zazzabi
HEעברית
מלריה
HIहिन्दी
मलेरिया
HUMagyar
malária
IDBahasa Indonesia
malaria
IGIG
ajọ
ITItaliano
malaria
JA日本語
マラリア
KKKK
малярия
KMKM
ក្ដាប់
KO한국어
말라리아
MRMR
मलेरिया
MSBahasa Melayu
malaria
MYမြန်မာ
ခွေးဖျား
NLNederlands
malaria
NONorsk
malaria
PAPA
ਮਲੇਰੀਆ
PLPolski
malaria
PTPortuguês
malária
RORomână
malarie
RUРусский
малярия
SVSvenska
malaria
SWKiswahili
kichaa
TAதமிழ்
மலேரியா
TEతెలుగు
ఫలూ
THไทย
ไข้มาลาเรีย
TLTL
marahil
TRTürkçe
sıtma
UKУкраїнська
малярія
URاردو
ملیریا
VITiếng Việt
sốt rét
YOYO
iba
ZH中文
疟疾
ZUZU
umonakalo

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